Glassware-holder



UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEFicE.

HIRAM DILLAWAY, OF SANDVICH, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLASSWARE-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 17,960, dated August 11, 1857.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HIRAM DILLAWAY, of Sandwich, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Holder for Holding Glassware While Being Manufactured; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specication, in which- Figure l is a side View of one of my improved holders, adapted for the holding` of' a decanter or such like article. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, partly in section, with. a different yoke adapted to the holding of a square parallel-sided bottle. Fig. 3 is a side view of the same, with another yoke adapted to the holding of a goblet. This view illustrates the manner of admitting and liberating the article. Fig. 4 is a Vfront view of the yoke shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 isa front view of the yoke shown in Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several gures.

This invention consists in a holder for holding bottles, all shank ware, lamps, bowls, and other glass articles during the manipulations that are necessary in their manufacture, which may be termed the yoke-holder, and is more simple in its construction, more capable of universal application, lighter and consequently more easily handled, more easily kept in repair, and less liable to break ware than the tools heretofore used.

To enable other skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A, is a handle consisting of a straight rod of iron, having riveted or otherwise rmly secured to one end a flat or concave plate of iron B standing perpendicular to it, said plate being preferably of circular form and having on opposite sides two lugs in which there are holes a, a, (Fig. 2) through which pass freely two rods b, b, which constitute portions of a yoke C, D, b, The lower or back piece C of the yoke, which is litt-ed to slide as a guide on the rod A, is simply of the form of a cross-head, and has the rods b, b, permanently attached to it. The upper or front portion D of the yoke piece, whose duty is to clamp the article to be operated upon against the plate B, which may be termed the supporting plate, is secured by nuts c, c, against shoulders on the side rods b, so as to be capable of being readily removed, and replaced by another, two or more of these yoke-pieces being generally provided for each holder. The external form of the several yoke-pieces D.may be like that of the supporting plate B. Those which are intended for holding round articles, such as the decanter shown in Fig. l, or the shank of the goblet shown in Fig. 3, in red outline, are made with a round hole e, in the center, as shown in Fig. 4, and a slot f, on one side the neck or shank or other small part of the'article, and with the inner margin of the hole chamfered to such a form as will enable it to fit without indenting itself into an article of rounded form; but those yoke-pieces which are made for parallel-sided articles, such as the square bottle shown in red outline in Fig. 2, are made with a round taper hole to receive a lining die g, g, (see Figs. 2 and 5) which is divided centrally intoY two or more parts which are formed internally to lit the article to be held, and externally to lit the taper hole in the yoke piece, the largest side of Awhich hole is next the plate B, as shown in clamp the articles of dierent height, depth, or thickness.

To enable any article to be inserted in the holder, the handle is taken in the hand,

and the part C, of the yoke pulled against` a stand H, I, such as is represented in Fig.`

3, or against what is known among glassworkers as the chair-arm, which moves the yoke-piece D, away from the supporting plate B, and thus allows the article-if of a swelling shape with a neck or shank-to be inserted laterally through the slot f, or if of a parallel-sided form to be inserted directly into the die g, g; and on the pull being slackened, the yoke piece D is brought by the spring either upon the article itself or upon the tapering exterior ofthe holding die g, g; in either case, clamping the article firmly so that it may be submitted to pulling or pressing endwise in the manufacture. One yoke-piece like those shown f the spring, serves also to adjust the yoke to'V in Figs. l, 3, and 4, will serve for many articles of different form; but generally when a clamping die g, g, is used, a separate die Will be required for every article of different form, though the yoke-piece need not be changed With the die, as several dies may be iitted to the same yoke-piece. The dies g, g, are caused to clamp the article laterally With great firmness, by the pulling of the yoke-piece over their conical exterior; and the harder the article held by the said dies is pulled, the harder they Will grip it. The article is liberated again by pulling the part C, of the yoke against the stand l, or chair arm. This holder never fails to hold the articles exactly in the center, Which is of great advantage, and it Will adapt HIRAM DILLAWAY.

l/Vitnesses:

CHARLES SoU'rHAoH, GEO. L. FEssENDEN. 

